Neil Peart net worth

Net Worth: $22 Million

About Neil Peart

It has been stated that the overall amount of Neil Peart net worth is as high as 22 million dollars, as of right now. Neil Peart has earned a huge part of his net worth because of his career in music. In addition to that, he is also an author. These two sources have not only made him very famous, but also added up a lot to the total amount of Neil Peart net worth. As a musician, he is mostly known from the band called “Rush”, where he is playing as a drummer.

He was born in 1952 in Ontario, Canada. When he was a child, he was already interested into music and attended various music classes. When he was a teenager, he was already performing with various bands, with whom he traveled to many places. However, after that he decided to quit his career as a musician. Thus he returned to his home place, where he became a seller of tractor parts. However, he still played his drums during his free time. This resulted into him auditioning for the band called “Rush”.

In 1974, he became a part of the band. Two weeks after he joined the band, Neil Peart went on to tour with the band in the United States. Thus, belonging to this band made his name very popular. He also appeared in a few albums of the band, sales of which have also added up to the total size of Neil Peart net worth.

However, he had to stop his career in music when he started to suffer various unfortunate events. One of them was killing his daughter in a car accident in 1997. Also, soon his wife passed away because of cancer. He was married to her for 22 years. Thus, he decided to leave the band and took his motorcycle and went on traveling. In 2011, he returned to the band.

In addition to his career as a musician, he is also known as an author. Thus, this involvement has also added up to the overall sum of Neil Peart net worth. He is a writer mainly of non-fiction works, such as “Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road”. This book is about his travelling when his family members died. In 2000, he married for the second time, to Carrie Nuttall. Thus, his personal life is also well known to the public.